Radio New Zealand, TVNZ and various print products were wowed by a release last week from Waipā District Council which announced a live-streamed meeting had attracted a huge following. “Almost 300,000 people from throughout the…
Radio New Zealand, TVNZ and various print products were wowed by a release last week from Waipā District Council which announced a live-streamed meeting had attracted a huge following. “Almost 300,000 people from throughout the…
Waipā residents will end up subsidising other communities including neighbouring big city Hamilton under the government’s Three Waters Reform proposal, say district councillors. The News understands councillors, frustrated their communities will lose assets built up…
By Blair Voorend and Mary Anne Gill A bus every hour from 6am through to 7pm between Cambridge and Hamilton could be coming as early as next year in response to an increase in patronage….
Health vaccinators will go anywhere in Waipā to protect the community from Covid-19 in a strategy unveiled by Waikato District Health Board (DHB) this week. The DHB will mobilise teams to do vaccinations at events…
Planners of the Cambridge Christmas Parade have announced details of this year’s event and have declared the 2021 parade theme as ‘A Sporty Christmas’. Destination Cambridge and the parade committee said last week that the theme had been chosen as a…
By Peter Carr Two years ago this week I was in Ireland – representing the NZ National Fieldays Society at the annual Irish Plough agricultural event. This is a gathering of all things agricultural (and a few other sideshows too)…
Cambridge plumber Henry Rombouts graduated at the Apprenticeship Training Trust’s celebration ceremony held online last Friday – and collected an award. The ATT event replaced the planned in-person graduation event at Sky City Auckland. Henry works for Laser Plumbing Cambridge and qualified in plumbing and gasfitting. He was…
Sixteen-year-old Emma Ward has spent four years saving sick and injured animals and says they have rescued her, too. “I was diagnosed with depression at 13 and anxiety at a fairly early stage, but my…
Some cemeteries will be at full capacity in a little over a decade, district councillors have been told. The region’s 10 public cemeteries can take another 12,000 burials – which at the current rate would…
Ever wondered how to repair that leaking tap or want to check if your toilet is leaking? As part of Waipā District Council’s community outreach programme, you can learn how plus find out how to…
